Age of Empires: Definitive Edition Lands Feb 20

When we set out to create the Definitive Edition of the original Age of Empires, our goal was to deliver the best possible version of this classic, from a top notch audio-visual presentation to multi...

Been playing Age of Empires 2 HD for the last month after snagging it super cheap during the Steam Winter Sale. I've already wasted 140hours and only about 20% done! Such a fun game to play to kill time. I was rather surprised there is still such a large multiplayer community. Never could get into AoE3 after spending much of my early teens playing AoE2.

I personally found the AOE experience rather boring and bland compared to Starcraft.
In AOE all units were effectively the same apart from maybe 1 or 2 special units.
At least in Starcraft every single unit was unique, which is why I thought it was boring. Age of Mythology was so much more intriguing.

I personally found the AOE experience rather boring and bland compared to Starcraft.
In AOE all units were effectively the same apart from maybe 1 or 2 special units.
At least in Starcraft every single unit was unique, which is why I thought it was boring. Age of Mythology was so much more intriguing.

Age of Empires: Definitive Edition is now available in the Microsoft Store, and while many rushed to buy it on day 1, it appears that the game is actually crashing on launch of many.

The majority of recently-published comments have rated the game with one star, especially because it crashes on launch. Age of Empires: Definitive Edition currently has a 2.8 rating,
and most 1-star reviews are at 46% were posted on February 20, shortly after the game became available for download from the Microsoft Store.

“I was extremely looking forward to this game. Big fan of the series and have been anticipates its return. Doesn’t even work. Launches then immediately boots you to desktop when you try to start single player/multiplayer or any of the core game modes. Unacceptable and disappointing,” one of the users who purchased the game explained.

“I’ve waited for a week for opening day and the game does not boot up, does not launch. You take the money and give no honey,” another one adds.

"Couldn't install on my first PC, managed to install on the laptop and its bloody shi*t, how is it Microsoft can destroy a game that use to run on a calculator? 17G for this? Don't buy it crashes and run so badly any slower it would be in reverse. </3".

At this point, it’s not yet clear what causes the bug, but the support page recommends users to uninstall and reinstall the game.

Age of Empires: Definitive Edition is now available in the Microsoft Store, and while many rushed to buy it on day 1, it appears that the game is actually crashing on launch of many.

The majority of recently-published comments have rated the game with one star, especially because it crashes on launch. Age of Empires: Definitive Edition currently has a 2.8 rating,
and most 1-star reviews are at 46% were posted on February 20, shortly after the game became available for download from the Microsoft Store.

“I was extremely looking forward to this game. Big fan of the series and have been anticipates its return. Doesn’t even work. Launches then immediately boots you to desktop when you try to start single player/multiplayer or any of the core game modes. Unacceptable and disappointing,” one of the users who purchased the game explained.

“I’ve waited for a week for opening day and the game does not boot up, does not launch. You take the money and give no honey,” another one adds.

"Couldn't install on my first PC, managed to install on the laptop and its bloody shi*t, how is it Microsoft can destroy a game that use to run on a calculator? 17G for this? Don't buy it crashes and run so badly any slower it would be in reverse. </3".

At this point, it’s not yet clear what causes the bug, but the support page recommends users to uninstall and reinstall the game.

"Without Steam, without other platforms, it was just painful," says another. "The Windows Store is a giant disaster. It's on fire. 98 percent of PC copies of Rise of the Tomb Raider, a flagship Windows 10 game, were bought on Steam. The same is true for Minecraft. That hurt us, too. The store's a mess; the number of people who couldn't even install the game from the Microsoft store was... significant."